SCHOOL FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM – DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION – SCHOOL FINANCE BULLETIN #680, March 4, 2017
2017-18 PRE-POPULATED REVENUE LIMIT BASE DATA: The preliminary 2017-18 Revenue Limit blank executable and pre-populated worksheets have been updated on the School Financial Services website under:
1. SFS Home (http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs)
2. » Revenue Limits
3. » Final Revenue Limit Worksheets
4. » Revenue Limit Worksheets for Budget Planning
Or, directly at http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/limits/worksheets/revenue .
A recent change was made to the 2017-18 Revenue Limit worksheet to properly account for the 2015-16 Energy Efficiency Reconciliation – Debt section within the worksheet. Please use the updated version of the 2017-18 worksheet.
If you have questions or your records do not match what you see in the updated 2017-18 pre-populated revenue limit, contact Derek Sliter at or 608-266-3464.
FIFTH SPECIAL EDUCATION AID PAYMENT: Amounts for the March 20, 2017 payment of Special Education and School-Age Parents categorical aid, the fifth payment of the year, have been determined. Final 2016-17 payments will be made in June 2016.
Updated worksheets are available at
1. School Financial Services (http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs)
2. State & Federal Aid
3. Special Education Aids
4. Special Ed & School-Age Parents Aid
5. Payment Worksheets
Or, directly at http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/aid/special-ed/sped-sap/worksheets.
The PI-1505-SE Special Education Annual Report has been reopened for final edits through Monday, March 6th.
Please contact Carey Bradley at or 608-267-9212 with questions.
STATE AIDS REGISTER & AIDS BANKING UPDATE: You might recall back in the fall of 2015, the Department of Public Instruction updated our servers used to run our online finance systems. As part of the transition, links that moved to the new servers were automatically redirected. Effective March 31, 2017, the automatic redirection will no longer happen.
Two frequently used links have updated URLs and we suggest saving both of these to your “favorites”:
· STAR Aids Register at https://apps4.dpi.wi.gov/AID/Home
· Aids Banking at https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/AidsBanking/
If you have questions, please contact Jacque at or 608-267-9134.
LAST CHANCE -- SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CONSULTANT: We are currently seeking applicants for a School Administration Consultant position for theSchool Financial Services (SFS) Team. The position will provide financial consultation to school district administrators, business officials, accountants and bookkeepers to assist in the fiscal management of their agencies, including budgeting, accounting, and reporting. This position is also involved in the process of completing and verifying state aid and revenue limit calculations.
A minimally qualified applicant must have experience with:
· State aids, revenue limits and/or school district budget processes
· Educational administration and/or business management practices (e.g., administer/responsible for programs such as student transportation, school facilities, payroll, accounts payable or other school based programs, etc.)
· Providing financial consultation regarding school finance (e.g., general or categorical aids, tuition payments, revenue limits, membership, pupil transportation, etc.)
· Designing and/or using spreadsheet programs
Please consider joining the SFS Team. The job posting is located at: http://wisc.jobs/public/job_view.asp?annoid=90671&jobid=90185&org=255&class=59490&index=true. The deadline to apply is March 6th. If you have questions about the application process please contact: Hailee King, Human Resources Specialist - Senior, 608-266-2189,
If you would like to discuss the wonderful opportunities available on the SFS Team, please contact Bob Soldner at or 608-266-6968.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
[March 31: Confirm New Links to State Aids Register and Banking Updates]
[May 1: 2016-17 Student Membership Audits Due]
UPCOMING WASBO [https://www.wasbo.com] and WASDA [http://www.wasda.org] WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES:
[March 7-8: WASBO Facilities Management Conference, Kalahari, Wisconsin Dells]
[March 8: WASBO Transportation and Bus Safety Conference, Kalahari, Wisconsin Dells]
[March 15-16: WASBO Accounting Conference, Madison Marriott West, Middleton]
[May 11-12: WASBO Spring Conference, La Crosse Center (http://www.lacrossecenter.com/) La Crosse]
SCHOOL FINANCE CONTACTS:
[Gene Fornecker, Auditor: 608-267-7882
[Brian Kahl, Auditor: 608-266-3862
[Vacant, Accountant: 608-267-9218 ]
[Victoria Chung, Accountant: 608-267-9205
[Bruce Anderson, Consultant: 608-267-9707
[Carey Bradley, Consultant: 608-267-9212
[Vacant, Consultant: 608-267-3752
[Derek Sliter, Consultant: 608-266-3464
[Vacant, Assistant Director: 608-267-9209 ]
[Bob Soldner, Director: 608-266-6968
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SFS TEAM OPENING – SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CONSULTANT: We are currently seeking applicants for a School Administration Consultant position for theSchool Financial Services (SFS) Team. The position will provide financial consultation to school district administrators, business officials, accountants and bookkeepers to assist in the fiscal management of their agencies, including budgeting, accounting, and reporting. This position is also involved in the process of completing and verifying state aid and revenue limit calculations.
A minimally qualified applicant must have experience with:
· State aids, revenue limits and/or school district budget processes
· Educational administration and/or business management practices (e.g., administer/responsible for programs such as student transportation, school facilities, payroll, accounts payable or other school based programs, etc.)
· Providing financial consultation regarding school finance (e.g., general or categorical aids, tuition payments, revenue limits, membership, pupil transportation, etc.)
· Designing and/or using spreadsheet programs
Please consider joining the SFS Team. The job posting is located at: http://wisc.jobs/public/job_view.asp?annoid=90671&jobid=90185&org=255&class=59490&index=true. The deadline to apply is March 6th. If you have questions about the application process please contact: Hailee King, Human Resources Specialist - Senior, 608-266-2189,
If you would like to discuss the wonderful opportunities available on the SFS Team, please contact Bob Soldner at or 608-266-6968.
CHALLENGE ACADEMY (YCA) NOW OPEN: The PI-1563YCA, the Challenge Academy Report, is to be completed by each district that had students attending in either the Fall 2016 or current Spring 2017 semesters. The report is due March 17, 2017. The YCA is a program for at-risk youth operated by the Department of Military Affairs at Fort McCoy. Districts with residents enrolled should have received a letter from Fort McCoy identifying the residents that have been enrolled.
Resident districts are able to count for membership and revenue limit purposes the students that attend this program, as the district is financially responsible for the cost of this program for these students. The final equalization aid payment in June, 2017, is adjusted for the per-pupil cost.
To access the PI-1563 YCA report, log into your district’s SAFR portal at http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/reporting/safr/overview and go to either the “Status and Due Dates” or the “Non-Financial Data Home.” For each semester and for each resident listed, please answer the questions for the student names presented. Sometimes, these students will be in your seats on the count dates AND also attend the Challenge Academy. To ensure the students are not double-counted, we ask for additional information regarding each student’s enrollment dates in your school.
If any of the students are incorrectly listed as your residents or if you have any questions, please Carey Bradley at or 608 267-9212. You can also email for assistance.
REMINDER -- W-2 TAX SCAM ADVISORY FROM IRS AND USED/OIG: The Association of Educational Federal Finance Administrators (AEFFA) has been asked to help spread the word about efforts to illegally acquire income and tax information from school districts.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeing a higher than normal rate of school districts being targeted and has reached out to the federal Department of Education Office of Inspector General (USED/OIG) investigators for assistance in getting out the word. The goal is to prevent and detect this serious fraud and help district staff avoid becoming victims of this threat. The IRS advisory notice, released February 2, 2017 is provided in the link:
https://www.irs.gov/uac/dangerous-w-2-phishing-scam-evolving-targeting-schools-restaurants-hospitals-tribal-groups-and-others